1952–53 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga
Season1952–53
ChampionsRed Star (2nd title)
RelegatedVelež
Napredak Kruševac
Matches played132
Goals scored452 (3.42 per match)
Top goalscorerTodor Živanović (17)
1952

Teams

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Two clubs relegated at the end of the previous season were Rabotnički and Mačva. Teams promoted to the 1952–53 Yugoslav First League were Velež and Spartak.

Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1952
BSK Belgrade Belgrade   SR Serbia 0055th
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb   SR Croatia 0044th
Hajduk Split Split   SR Croatia 0011st
Lokomotiva Zagreb   SR Croatia 0033rd
Partizan Belgrade   SR Serbia 0066th
Red Star Belgrade   SR Serbia 0022nd
Sarajevo Sarajevo   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0099th
Spartak Subotica   SR Serbia
Vardar Skopje   SR Macedonia 0077th
Velež Mostar   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vojvodina Novi Sad   SR Serbia 0088th
NK Zagreb Zagreb   SR Croatia 01010th

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 22 13 5 4 47 27 +20 31
2 Hajduk Split 22 11 7 4 49 35 +14 29
3 Partizan 22 11 3 8 58 36 +22 25
4 Vojvodina 22 10 4 8 37 36 +1 24
5 BSK Belgrade 22 9 5 8 34 37 −3 23
6 Sarajevo 22 9 4 9 39 33 +6 22
7 Dinamo Zagreb 22 8 6 8 32 30 +2 22
8 Lokomotiva 22 6 9 7 33 40 −7 21
9 Vardar 22 7 5 10 37 46 −9 19
10 Spartak Subotica 22 8 3 11 33 44 −11 19
11 Velež (R) 22 6 3 13 30 51 −21 15 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
12 NK Zagreb (R) 22 5 4 13 23 37 −14 14
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BSK DIN HAJ LOK PAR RSB SAR SPA VAR VEL VOJ ZAG
BSK Belgrade 1–0 4–2 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 4–3 1–1 2–4 3–1 3–0
Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 5–1 4–3 1–3 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 4–2 0–0
Hajduk Split 0–2 2–0 1–1 4–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 6–1 6–3
Lokomotiva 1–1 1–1 4–4 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0
Partizan 5–1 3–2 2–4 3–0 2–4 2–2 6–2 9–2 4–1 4–0 2–1
Red Star 5–3 3–0 1–4 3–2 1–1 2–1 5–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 3–1
Sarajevo 2–3 3–0 0–0 7–2 2–1 0–1 3–2 5–1 2–0 0–1 2–1
Spartak Subotica 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–4 3–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 3–0
Vardar 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 3–1 3–1 4–2 5–1 5–2 0–1 2–1
Velež 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–4 0–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 3–5 2–0
Vojvodina 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–1 1–1 0–1 5–1 2–0 3–1 5–3 0–2
NK Zagreb 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 3–3 0–1
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

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Champions:

players (league matches/league goals):

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Todor Živanović Red Star 17
2   Zdravko Rajkov Vojvodina 16
3   Todor Veselinović Partizan 15
  Marko Valok Partizan
5   Bernard Vukas Hajduk Split 12
  Vladimir Firm Lokomotiva
7   Frane Matošić Hajduk Split 11
  Božo Broketa Hajduk Split
9   Vladimir Zelenika Velež 10
  Dobrivoje Živkov Sarajevo
  Đorđe Cincijevski Vardar

See also

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